These are tomorrow´s mountains

Maslow, Mountains and Me

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July 8th 2012
Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body I dunno (Still Ill, The Smiths) Actually, I´m in Villafrana del Bierzo, but what´s 25 Kms between friends... So this morning I just wasn´t feeling it. The route out of Ponferrada was not well waymarked, my guidebook was no use, I´d had a crappy night´s sleep (BTW, what is the aversion that the Spanish h ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Ponferrada

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more